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Stolen blood, stolen coin and stolen lives, the childer of Caine know all three. Beyond the courts of princes and voivodes, vampires earn their bloody way in the city streets and bandit warrens. They stake out their own informal principalities among the growing cities and lawless woods. Murder, larceny and trickery are their tools often used against the very elders who consider them beneath notice.

Flames of Revolt

The Ashen Thief is a complete guide for players and Storytellers of the unliving tricksters, bandits and thieves of Vampire: The Dark Ages. It covers vampiric involvement in the banditry and growing panoply of crimes in medieval cities. It also covers the sects that use crime and larceny as a cover for their struggle against the princes of the Long Night: the subtle Prometheans and the violent Furores.

Written by Sarah Roark. A short story, "O Fortuna", followed by information on the laws of mortals and kindred in the Dark Medieval period, reasons for Cainites to turn criminal, and information on the kindred criminal organization, the Prometheans, who wish to rebuild Carthage.

Written by Geoffrey C. Grabowski. The history and agenda of the Furores, a confederation of Kindred who have escaped their sires and servitude and are now on the run from Cainite law as a result. They want change, but, given their mistreatment in the past, not violence. Includes information on the most common clans to produce Furores, as well as their few safe havens in Europe.